U.S. border agency awards more design contracts for border wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S Customs and Border Patrol has awarded four additional contracts to design prototypes for a wall along the southern border of the United States, another step toward fulfilling President Donald Trump’s campaign promise.
Category 5 Hurricane Irma kills 10 in Caribbean, heads for Florida
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) – The “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Irma raged offshore vulnerable Haiti on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 10 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century …
Police and EMTs sue Arkema over chemical plant fire after Harvey
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Police and emergency workers filed suit on Thursday against French chemicals company Arkema SA, claiming they were injured after it failed to take adequate steps to avoid a fire at its Crosby, Texas, plant after Hurricane Harvey.
Hurricane Irma kills 10 in Caribbean, heads for Florida as Category 4
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma barreled toward vulnerable Haiti on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 10 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century took aim at Florida.
FEMA may run out of funds Friday: senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency will run out of disaster assistance funding on Friday unless Congress approves more money, two Florida senators warned on Thursday.
U.S. disaster agency FEMA may run out of funds Friday: senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency will run out of disaster assistance funding on Friday unless Congress approves more money, two Florida senators warned on Thursday.
New York top court rejects right to doctor-assisted suicide
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s highest court on Thursday ruled that doctor-assisted suicide is illegal in the state, rejecting a lawsuit claiming that mentally competent, terminally ill patients have a right to have their doctors prescribe lethal drug…
Hurricane Irma kills 10, may hit Florida Sunday as Category 4
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic toward Haiti on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 10 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a cen…
Missouri governor on alert for unrest ahead of St. Louis verdict
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has said he is prepared to call out the National Guard if a pending verdict in the murder trial of a former police officer charged with killing a black man sparks protests that turn violent.
Trump administration to overhaul how colleges investigate sexual assault
ARLINGTON, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday called for an overhaul of how colleges investigate sexual assault, saying Obama-era guidelines are not working and the rights of the accused are being violated.
